The 2011 RAZZIE Award Winners

In what has now become a tradition on Academy Awards weekend, the winners of the 31st Annual Razzie Awards for the worst achievement in motion pictures were announced on Saturday night, February 26.

A new catagory was introduced this year with Worst Eye-Gouging Use of  3D. The nominees: CATS & DOGS 2 : REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE, CLASH OF THE TITANS, NUTCRACKER 3D, SAW 3D, and the winner, THE LAST AIRBENDER.

The nominees for Worst Prequel, Sequel, Remake, or Ripoff were: THE TWILIGHT SAGA : ECLIPSE, CLASH OF THE TITANS, THE LAST AIRBENDER, VAMPIRES SUCK!, and the winner, SEX AND THE CITY 2.

Nominated for Worst Screen Couple/ Ensemble were: Josh Brolin’s face and Megan Fox’s voice in JONEH HEX, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in THE BOUNTY HUNTER, the entire cast of THE LAST AIRBENDER, the entire cast of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, and the winners, the entire cast of SEX AND THE CITY 2.

Worst Screenplay nominees were: LITTLE FOCKERS, SEX AND THE CITY 2, THE TWIGHT SAGA; ECLIPSE, VAMPIRES SUCK!, and the winner THE LAST AIRBENDER.

Nominated for Worst Director were David Slade for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE,  Sylvester Stallone for THE EXPENDABLES, Michael Patrick King for SEX AND THE CITY 2, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer for VAMPIRES SUCK ! and the winner was M. Night Shymalan for THE LAST AIRBENDER.

In the acting categories the Worst Supporting Actress nominees were Cher in BURLESQUE,  Liza Minnelli in SEX AND THE CITY 2, Nicola Peltz in THE LAST AIRBENDER, Barbra Streisand in LITTLE FOCKERS,  and the winner, Jessica Alba in THE KILLER INSIDE ME, LITTLE FOCKERS, MACHETE, and VALENTINE’S DAY.

 Nominated for Worst Supporting Actor were: Rob Schneider in GROWN UPS, Billy Ray Cyrus in THE SPY NEXT DOOR, Dev Patel in THE LAST AIRBENDER, George Lopez in VALENTINE’S DAY, THE SPY NEXT DOOR, and MARMADUKE, and the winner, Jackson Rathbone in THE TWILGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE and THE LAST AIRBENDER.

The Worst Actress nominees were; Megan Fox in JONAH HEX, Jennifer Aniston in THE BOUNTY HUNTER, Kristen Stewart in THE TWLIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, Milley Cyrus in THE LAST SONG, and the winner(s) were Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon for SEX AND THE CITY 2.

Nominated for Worst Actor were: Jack Black in GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, Gerard Butler in THE BOUNTY HUNTER, Taylor Lautner in THE TWILGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, Robert Pattinson in REMEMBER ME and THE TWILGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, and the winner, Ashton Kutcher in VALENTINE’S DAY, and KILLERS.

And the Worst Picture nominees were: SEX AND THE CITY 2, THE BOUNTY HUNTER, VAMPIRES SUCK!, THE TWILGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, and the winner, THE LAST AIRBENDER.

This year was a big one for M. Night Shymalan with his THE LAST AIRBENDER picking up five Razzies besting his previous one year total in 2007 for LADY IN THE WATER  which picked  up Worst Screenplay, Worst Director, and a Worst Supporting Actor award to Shymalan himself. Lady lost out on Worst Picture to BASIC INSTINCT 2. Two years later, Shymalan took Worst Director for THE HAPPENING, while the film lost out in the Worst Picture category ( the winner: THE LOVE GURU ), Worst Actor and Screenplay. According to reports none of the winners showed up to accept their awards at the ceremony as Halle Beery did in 2005 for CATWOMAN and Sandra Bullock did last year for ALL ABOUT STEVE.